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Flavors Of Entanglement
by Alanis Morissette
from Warner Brothers Records

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• A little Above Average
  There are some very favorable reviews of this CD and I liked it mostly too but I still expect more from a Morrisette CD.
  The first few songs are forgettable - "Underneath", "StraightJacket" and "Versions of Violence".
  "Not as We" is about the harsh end of a romantic relationship and it very good and pure:
  "Day one day one start over again
  Step one step one
  I'm barely making sense for now
  I'm faking it I'm pseudo making it"
  ...
  "From scratch begin again but... more info

• Her best since Jagged Little Pill
  This is her best work since Jagged Little Pill. Some her latest stuff has been a little weird, but not this one. It is great!

• Delicious Flavors
  This is probably my favorite album by Alanis and at four years since her last one, well worth the wait. Combining Alanis's rock sensibilities with techno courtesy of producer Guy Sigsworth who has previously worked with Madonna and Bjork, this is a masterful work of art. My favorite tracks include the Mid-Eastern/Indian flavored "Citizen Of The Planet" (sample lyric- "I am a citizen of the planet. My president is kwan yin. My frontier is on an airplane. My prisons: homes for rehabilitating.") which I... more info

• This is my first Alanis Morisette album........
  ...but whether it will be the last remains to be seen. OK, the disclaimer; I bought it because it was featured at Starbucks, my Starbucks stock is not feeling well.... After the first few cuts, I was ready to toss it...the liberal political bilge of "Citizen of the Planet", and "Underneath", the gross vulgarity of "Strait Jacket"...then she got to the softer numbers, and I was forced to render a grudging respect. [Yes, I've listened to it several times; no one should review after one hearing]......more info

Tracks:

1. Citizen Of The Planet
2. Underneath
3. Straitjacket
4. Versions Of Violence
5. Not As We
6. In Praise Of The Vulnerable Man
7. Moratorium
8. Torch
9. Giggling Again For No Reason
10. Tapes
11. Incomplete

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